2014年公共英語二級(jí)考試模擬試題-完形填空
36、回答36-55題：
In September, in Britain, you may see a lot of birds 36__________ on roofs and telegraphwires. These birds are swallows. They are 37__________ together because, very soon, they will beflying 38 __________ to much warmer lands, where they will find 39__________ small flying insects onwhich they 40__________ There are no such insects 41__________ in Britain during the winter, as it is42__________ cold for them.
The swallows settle, fly off, swoop, and 43 __________ again. This they do many times, for they
are malting short 44__________ flights in order to be fit for the long journey 45__________ them.
46__________ of these migrating birds leave Britain in the autumn. They fly 47__________for hundreds ofmiles 48 __________ they reach the warm lands of Africa. But not all the birds get there, for many ofthem perish in the stormy weather they meet with 49__________
In the spring of the following year they 50__________ the long and tiring journey back to Britain.They return to the identical barn or tree in the 51__________ district which they had left the 52 __________ autumn.How do these birds find their 53 __________there and back over such vast distances? Nobody knows ex-actly 54__________ , but it has something to do 55__________ winds and air currents.
A．being perched
B．perching
C．being perching
D．be perched
37、
A．gathering
B．a(chǎn)ssembling
C．waiting
D．forming
38、
A．to south
B．the south
C．to southwards
D．south
39、
A．great number of
B．a(chǎn) great deal of
C．plenty of
D．numerous
40、
A．feed
B．a(chǎn)re fed
C．eat
D．rely
41、
A．near
B．a(chǎn)bout
C．nearby
D．over
42、
A．too
B．a(chǎn) bit
C．very
D．much
43、
A．fly off
B．swoop
C．settle
D．turn back
44、
A．practical
B．practicing
C．practice
D．practiced
45、
A．in advance
B．a(chǎn)head of
C．in front of
D．in front
46、
A．Swarms
B．Herds
C．Flocks
D．Schools
47、
A．firmly
B．stoutly
C．harshly
D．steadily
48、
A．until
B．before
C．when
D．a(chǎn)s
49、
A．in the way
B．on the way
C．half the way
D．a(chǎn)ll the way
50、
A．take
B．fly
C．fred
D．make
51、
A．old
B．original
C．familiar
D．identical
52、
A．before
B．previous
C．a(chǎn)go
D．former
53、
A．way
B．path
C．course
D．route
54、
A．why
B．when
C．how
D．what
55、
A．a(chǎn)gainst
B．a(chǎn)way
C．for
D．with
36、回答36-55題：
In September, in Britain, you may see a lot of birds 36__________ on roofs and telegraphwires. These birds are swallows. They are 37__________ together because, very soon, they will beflying 38 __________ to much warmer lands, where they will find 39__________ small flying insects onwhich they 40__________ There are no such insects 41__________ in Britain during the winter, as it is42__________ cold for them.
The swallows settle, fly off, swoop, and 43 __________ again. This they do many times, for they
are malting short 44__________ flights in order to be fit for the long journey 45__________ them.
46__________ of these migrating birds leave Britain in the autumn. They fly 47__________for hundreds ofmiles 48 __________ they reach the warm lands of Africa. But not all the birds get there, for many ofthem perish in the stormy weather they meet with 49__________
In the spring of the following year they 50__________ the long and tiring journey back to Britain.They return to the identical barn or tree in the 51__________ district which they had left the 52 __________ autumn.How do these birds find their 53 __________there and back over such vast distances? Nobody knows ex-actly 54__________ , but it has something to do 55__________ winds and air currents.
A．being perched
B．perching
C．being perching
D．be perched
37、
A．gathering
B．a(chǎn)ssembling
C．waiting
D．forming
38、
A．to south
B．the south
C．to southwards
D．south
39、
A．great number of
B．a(chǎn) great deal of
C．plenty of
D．numerous
40、
A．feed
B．a(chǎn)re fed
C．eat
D．rely
41、
A．near
B．a(chǎn)bout
C．nearby
D．over
42、
A．too
B．a(chǎn) bit
C．very
D．much
43、
A．fly off
B．swoop
C．settle
D．turn back
44、
A．practical
B．practicing
C．practice
D．practiced
45、
A．in advance
B．a(chǎn)head of
C．in front of
D．in front
46、
A．Swarms
B．Herds
C．Flocks
D．Schools
47、
A．firmly
B．stoutly
C．harshly
D．steadily
48、
A．until
B．before
C．when
D．a(chǎn)s
49、
A．in the way
B．on the way
C．half the way
D．a(chǎn)ll the way
50、
A．take
B．fly
C．fred
D．make
51、
A．old
B．original
C．familiar
D．identical
52、
A．before
B．previous
C．a(chǎn)go
D．former
53、
A．way
B．path
C．course
D．route
54、
A．why
B．when
C．how
D．what
55、
A．a(chǎn)gainst
B．a(chǎn)way
C．for
D．with